While it is true that a fondly-loved favorite is granted a golden glow by the magic of memory, it is also true that one can rewatch a once-loved movie or reread a favorite book and look at it with adult eyes, and see how the memories match up.

What I love about Canada is that there are houses like this all over our country, these once-loved, once lived in houses that now lay sitting alone and empty, with only memories and ghosts left to haunt their hallows.

For instance, over the past year or two, the meltdown in once-loved sectors like financial and energy stocks has bruised many active portfolios that overweighted those areas compared with stock benchmarks.